LIVING LIFE SERIES 1

A BO TIEN (武天) MISSION INITIATIVE LAUNCHED ON 28TH SEPT 2010 BY INNER TRUTH NETIZEN 2. THE MISSION IS TO SHOW THE WAY TO HOPE, INNER PEACE AND ULTIMATELY SALVATION FOR ALL BEINGS. THE PURPOSE IS TO SAVE SOULS. IT IS WAY BEYOND NORMAL GOOD WORK LIKE CHARITY AND WELFARE ACTIVITIES. NO ONE SHALL BE SAVED BY GOOD WORKS ALONE BUT BY MORE THAN GOOD WORK. THERE IS NEED TO BE IMBUED WITH THE BASIC DOCTRINE COMMON TO AND BEHIND ALL RELIGIONS AND SECTS. LIVE IN DOCTRINE. DOCTRINE IN LIFE IS PARAMOUNT.

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The Living Life Series is dedicated to Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨). The doctrine is in His image. The image is the doctrine. He who sees, understands and effects the doctrine sees and knows Him. He who does not see, know and effect the doctrine sees not and knows not the saint even if the saint or His image is beside him. The far may be near and the near may be far. Let the doctrine and the saint be part of our life. The lord saint in your life can be any heavenly saint of any religion, sect or school. The doctrine of truth is behind all and this is the Inner Truth that leads all (regardless of their religious affiliation or even if none) to inner peace and heaven on earth here and now and not just in the after life. The ideal worship and devotion is to know and effect the doctrine of God and the saints. The best gospel is the gospel of life. We learn from our life and the lives of others. The true temple is the world we live in. The sky is the roof of the temple and religions and sects are the pillars of the temple. All under Heaven are in the temple. Needless to say that all the saints we know are in this temple. Ji Gong Posat too is no exception. The whole wide world and web is the temple and must be regarded as a sacred place --- a temple for living and learning. It is more important that everyone that counts plays a role in this universal temple if due focus is to be given to the Mission of Heaven. Men must not be distracted by the agenda of men and end up serving the mission of man. That would be a far cry from the Mission of Heaven. We worship God and saints, not man however good that man may be. There should be no hero worshiping or idolizing of man whether he is a charismatic pastor, priest, monk, medium or lay leader. We don't even idol worship the image of any saint but reflect on what the image stands for. - the doctrine in the image. Omitofo 阿弥陀佛!.

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Celebrate life everyday through inner peace

No 1532 of Living Life Series 1

Celebrate life everyday through inner peace and not wait for religious and temple celebrations

Bo Tien 武天 stresses that it is not for the majority to lead a celibate life and leave the family and society to commit wholly to spiritual. Many need to be in society, in family and to take up jobs. But this can be the perfect social setting for spiritual practice.

If we can do so without leaving life, job and family, it is more challenging to be spiritual though not easy. There is need for mindfulness on how to balance the two.

We need to be part of family, workplace and society where the agenda is for worldly matters. It is just because this is the case, that life in family, workplace and society presents to us more than ample situations to steer clear of egocentric drives for self, for the family and for the institutions or companies we work in.

We have to serve the worldly needs of others and at same time serve our own worldly needs. Such environment is good for us to find how we can be less affected by worldly and ego needs so that we can better be able to be less worldly or ego orientated.

To be less worldly and ego orientated is to be spiritual and have less clinging or attachments. The spiritual values which enable us to have inner peace in us despite the lack of peace around us and in the world we live in allows us to be better adjusted to worldly life.

This is in keeping with the reality that life is the greatest teacher and the holiest of the holy texts.

We must celebrate life and one way is to have more celebrations in temples and religions so that many whose lives are battle scarred repeatedly by worldly life because of conflicts of egos will be drawn to religions and temples.

They may bring to religions and temples their problems in the world and ask for worldly blessings from God and saints. God and saints will try to meet some of these worldly needs but in the long run God and saints hope that many who flock to religion or temple like ants and insects to a flower will one day realise that there is more than the worldly needs they need.

There is need to have inner peace and this will enable men to plug into the pull and push of society and of life. There is no way to run away from life and even monks and priests know that. Let us all celebrate life by not being celibate or escapists of life.

Do not let ego have the better of us even in religion. That will be promoting the self ego in of all places religion. Do not excessively neglect family and society we are in by going for reapeated mission trips for months and years leaving in the lurch the family, the workplace and society we are in.

To be able to live up to more inner peace in life where there is no peace is reason to celebrate. Let us be victors in life by making it possible to have inner peace in world where there is strife and no peace - in world where we must scratch the backs of others before they will scratch our backs.

There is cause for celebration and sense of victory if we can be at peace at heart amid the no-peace in life we are in or in the physical body of ours. Inner peace will make us victors of worldly life. Be victors and celebrate life everyday through inner peace. We will have heavenly experience in life and not wait for afterlife.

Celebrate life everyday through inner peace and not wait for religious and temple celebrations.

Lest you forget

Do not make the mistake of idolizing any man who tells you about the Word. He is in the same boat as you even if religion refers to him as a religious leader. Mere mention of a religious leader is as good as encouraging idolising of that man. Why must there be hierarchy in religion? Hierarchy is conventional but may end up as liability rather than a necessity or asset. There should be no caste or hierarchy system in religion. No one is to be considered above another in religion. A religious leader or follower is a servant to serve you and not a leader to be idolised. Do not put him on the pedestal and make a monster out of him.

MAY ALL BE WELL AND HAPPY

May all be well and happy. May they have peace. May our departed friends and kins be well, happy and have divine peace. The main writer wishes the best for all for those near and far. Our kins may be far when they had passed on to better lives but they are near though far. He remembers and wishes his parents Mr Siow Soo Koh and Mdm Tay Hung Siang, his uncles and aunties like Mr Tay Koon Huay, his cousins like Mr Tay Chong Sim and his friends like Mr Philip Png well and have abundance of life. May they be rich in spirit for without such ancestors, there will be no posterity - no us and no you and me. They have blessed us and we must blessed them in return forever and ever.